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` ShoVel Plow.-

N0. 61,980. Patented Feb. 12,1867.

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ISAAC YOUNG, or BYHALIA, MISSISSIPPL ASSIGNOR TO* HIMSFJLF AND ISHAM H. HAYES, or THE SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent Iva 61,980, dated Febrztarylf'.., 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED GULTIVATOE PLOUGH.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: i b p Be it known thet I, ISAAG YOUNG, of Byhalia, in the'county of. Marshall, and State of Mississippi, have inventcd 21.21 improved Cultivoting Attachment to Shovel or other` Ploughs; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a, full and exact description thereof, reference 'being had to` the aiccompenying driwings, melting part of this specification- V i I Figure 1 being a. front View of a shovel-plough provided with my cultivnting attachment.

Figure 2, a. side View of the seme. t

Figure 3, a front or forward edge View of the attachment by itself.

Like letters designete corresponding parts in all of thefigures. 4 r

Let A represent .the beam of a. common shovel-plough, and B the shovel or share. In the'place of the ordi nei-y coulter I secure my attachment, C, its shank, a, extending up through a. mortise in'the beam' A. It" may be secured more strongly in'plec hy means of `a. diagonnl band or gripc, b, ofiiron, passing round the beam, as shown.' The attachment is made thin, and snfficiently wide to give it strength and fulfill all its functions, as

herein set forth, the edge-'going forward. A short distance below the beam theattaehment is bent (to the rightor left, es may be desired,) sidewise, nearly at right angles. This horizontal portion d may be extended, say from six to ten inches, or as far as it is required that it should deviate from the 'central line of the plough. It then is bent again abruptly, and extends thence downward in a. vertieal'or nearly vertical direction, as atf; say from eight to twelve inches, or nearly to the ground. Thence it bends ohliqucly inward and downwarcl to the central line, as shown at g; `und finally, its point h turns down vertically, all substantially as .represented in the idmwings. The part g, .which 'runs in the .earth, also is inclinedspmewhat from hack to front,'so that it will .liftand turn the earth somewhat, and scrape the grass and weeds away. This part is also sharpened in front,

so as to pass through the ground freely and cut its way through the grass .and weeds. The point h is in line i with the front of the shovcl or shoe B, and a few inches forward of it. The point also turns downward a. little, `so as tc enter the ground readily. i

This simple instrument attached to :my plough, in the place of a coulter, is `very effective in' cultivating between rows of cotton, corn, and drilled Crops. It effectnelly cuts up the needs, leaves the ground light and clean, and enables one to cultivete very closely to the growing plants. It can he gauge& to any depth in the ground by the shovel'or 'shoe which follows after, and is, in ell respects, a very simple, cheap, effective, and labor-saving instrument.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The attachment C, to shovel or other ploughs, When shape& and operating substantially as and for the purpose herein specified. V 4

The above specification of my improved coulter eultivating attachment to shovel-plonghs signed by me this 1st day of September, 1866. h

ISAAC YOUNG.

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witnesses:

I." T. WATSON, B. R. NEBLETr. 

